Newco have cut Celtic’s ticket allocation at Ibrox from 7,000 to 800 tickets per game next season. I understand their thinking. There have been four games between the clubs at Ibrox, Celtic winning each: the first, coming from behind, the second, free-wheeling by a couple of goals, the third – scoring five, and the fourth – twice coming from behind, then winning with 10 men.
It is a litany of humiliation, played out while 7,000 have a party in a stadium, the rest of which is near-empty well before full time. Can you imagine having to sit through this, season after season? Of course they want to reduce our headcount and garner whatever competitive advantage possible.
There are problems. League rules state a “reasonable number of visiting supporters” must be admitted. This number should be agreed in advance with the visiting club, or else the SPFL board will adjudicate.
Then there is the small matter of the Ibrox safety certificate, which Dave King previously said depended on Celtic fans being given the Broomloan Stand. The police insist each set of fans have distinct and separate approaches to stadiums at high-risk games.
Celtic will be happy to reduce the number of Newco fans they have to accommodate – it should shelve talk of having to put prison-grade toilet facilities in areas they visit. Each away team will suffer a competitive disadvantage, but making visits to Ibrox trickier will do our European preparations no harm.
Whatever the police and SPFL say, Dave King has more to worry about.
He still has to get £11m out of South Africa and into a UK bank account.
He needs to satisfy the Takeover Panel before he can start a share issue.
He needs to satisfy the Court of Session over his failure to comply with Takeover Panel instructions.
He needs to satisfy loans due by 1 July (Oh you thought they were all going to be converted to shares, did you? Wait for this one).
He needs to fund a trading shortfall for next season.
He needs to find enough cash to keep the management team on-side before the transfer window closes.
And he needs to convince Uefa they satisfy Financial Fair Play regulations. Straightforward if you have lots of cash, don’t need to use it to buy-out other shareholders at 20p/share, repay loans or fund a football team.
There is simply too much to do. Better to circle the wagons by throwing some crumbs to the easily-deluded. You know how this story ends.
It’s the 25th May. It is also the weekend. You have permission to wallow in nostalgia for 24 hours. Enjoy it.
You can also participate in Green Day: donate £5 (see below) to the Foundation. You’ll enjoy this too.
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Corkcelt.
I’m pleased you are back posting.
Night all.
Enjoy life.
Hail Hail
Gordy
Listened to Wildness 6 times now. It is a huge grower. Gary and the guys on top of their game after 7 years of debauchery. You will love it G. I want to hear it live somewhere they play soon. Heard them in Cork Opera House last week. Dynamite.
Liam Gallagher time now. Enjoy the voice of Oasis.
Rock and Roll Star
Mad ferret Liam Gallagher.
This is gonnae be a guid gig fae Liam.
Morning Glory
Go ferret Liam. Blow Britain Away.
What’s the story? Morning Glory
Oasis CSC
GUISEPPE67 on 27TH MAY 2018 9:53 PM
I’m sure I read u r dumbreck. Lurked a long time
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Yes Dumbreck
Delaneys,
yeah part of the reason i bought from the SP site
was it gives you priority access to concert tickets,
hoping they do some gigs later this year.
Coming to the end of a romantic weekend in Paris. Who with?? Just myself of course – Lodr,
It’s hard to be humble…
Checked into the blog and happy to see all is well and no aggro.
DELANEYS DUNKY on 27TH MAY 2018 9:28 PM
WBC
My German Shepherd was a British Army trained working dog
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Go on home German Shepherds, go on home,
Have they got no ducking kennels if their own?
;-)))))))))))
GUISEPPE67 on 27TH MAY 2018 9:53 PM
6 properties in the close the 3 on my side have no gas. The 3 off that pipe are the next close.
Looking over the seeded v unseeded teams for CL qualifiers there. We have a chance. A good chance at that.
Seeded in all 4 rounds
Marrakesh Express,it will be down to Steven Gerrard being the manager of Sevco.
For what it’s worth I think 420 is a fair price. Especially with the gas board. Is that only ur supply.
Our version of ‘Roll with it’ in the Parc de Princes after the game is still my favourite Oasis song. I can recall the PSG supporters watching us in amazement. Hh
Or r they doing the internal stuff
https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/seedcl2018.html
GUISEPPE67 on 27TH MAY 2018 10:24 PM
For what it’s worth I think 420 is a fair price. Especially with the gas board. Is that only ur supply.
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Yes just the supply I need to organise a meter from a gas supplier. If you think that is a fair price then that’s good enough for me. I just wondered if it could be Tee-d off?
Liam G has all the charm of a Glasgow kiss.
They might tee from the supply in the other garden. Depends on the size and how many it feeds. I’d imagine they will run a separate supply. And leave a tail incase any of ur neighbours want gas in the future. U need any gas work done I’ll give u a price. Me and my mate fit meters and boilers.
My lord I love you. My love above all things. Never permit me to separate from thee.
Gordon64,
that Paris trip is one of my favourite Celtic trips,
although i had thought “Roll with it” was done at half time,
a few beers had been taken so surprised i remember it at all ;-))
GUISEPPE67 on 27TH MAY 2018 10:33 PM
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That sounds like a service I could use. As soon as the gas supply is in I’ll post again or ask Paul67 for your e-mail address with your permission?
No problem at all. Hail hail.
gordybhoy64 on 27th May 2018 10:36 pm
Gordon64,
that Paris trip is one of my favourite Celtic trips,
although i had thought “Roll with it” was done at half time,
a few beers had been taken so surprised i remember it at all ;-))
I think you are correct, I am sure it was half time, however not my favourite trip due to the shepherding to the stadium, thankfully things have moved on since then. There was one steward who is probably a Celt for life due to his reception after the game
GUISEPPE67 on 27TH MAY 2018 10:43 PM
No problem at all. Hail hail.
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Thanks very much for your input.
GB64 Roll with it was probably played at HT as it was numero uno across Europe at the time and it was defo played after the game as we were kept in til the PSG fans had left. We were on the one day trip and amazingly managed to make it back to the Vogue Bar in time for a lock in. I recall leaving the Vogue as daylight emerged over Ruggy singing Roll with it. Hh
Roll With It at the Parc des Prince was definitely before the kick off.
‘Roll with it’ was subsequently adopted by the Celtic support and was regularly played at the new CP. Hh
SID1888 on 27TH MAY 2018 9:24 PM
Well said.
Gordon64,
we done that trip in a minibus and my abiding memory
was getting to passport control somewhere,sliding the van door
open to hand over the passports,and dozens of cans and bottles,full and empty spilling from the van,
the customs officers just smiled and shook their head.
GUISEPPE67 on 27TH MAY 2018 10:43 PM
Mail me and I will pass you Pogmathonyahun ‘s e-mail addy, lennybhoycfc@gmail.com
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
what has happened to CQN.
every night is a landlord chucking out the worst for wear,
then the fights go on for months and years.
it is mental.
last 24 hours, jeese oh.
Just popping in to comment on Clyde the other night.
They were discussing who would replace Jack Ross at St Mirren. The MC asked Keevins about John Kennedy. He said it would be a big risk as JK had no experience of managing at that level.
You probably know where this is going…………..
” Look who he would be up against. Brendan Rodgers, Neil Lennon, Derek McInnes, Craig Levein, Steve Clarke and……
Drumroll…………
Steven Gerrard at Rangers.”
I waited a few seconds for the Homer Simpson “DOH!”moment but, of course, it never came.
Thank God I wasn’t driving at the time!
Since the blog is quiet gonna post one more time sorry folks , hon
Try again too many hoegardens, since blog is quiet will bore you last time tonight, honestly can say this a great blog , used to buy papers on holiday now just read Cqn , we don’t always agree but I think 99.9 per cent are genuine and good ghuys, said before knew Kevj and also SOAL who is mor friends with my princess(wife) but spoke to BRTH couple times last week and felt I Knew him for years , going to try and get to a meet sometime soon
Kevj and soal only postersI Know, defo good night ???????
GUISEPPE67 on 27TH MAY 2018 10:43 PM
Replied to your e-mail and copied in Pogmathonyahun.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Lennybhoy. Thanks for ur help. Hail hail son.
I love you celtic.
Thought Liam Gallagher was brilliant there. A good mix of his new album and Oasis classics.
Our kid did well.
HH GNGB CQN